The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-03-17
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
ELSEWHERE THAN IN GEN EROUS
NORTH CAROLINA.
he Cream of the News of The WecL.
condensed in Short Space.
Thursday. March 10Th.
Thursday, March 10Th.

GoV Bob Iaylor was burnt in elligy, at
i.eoanon, Tenn, because of his course on
the BLAIR bill. As Il 8nnidate he opposed.
but in office he favored. There will he
National Drill at Washington. u. G
commencing May 23rd, and end May 30,h.
ne aggregate OF money nrizes is S56 800
80 far only two North Carolina companies
nave promised TO attend-the Governors
Guards OF Raleigh and the independent
Light Infantry of Wilmington. Two
Mormons were rejected as Jurors in Salt
Lake City because they affirmed their be-
liel IN polygamy 10 be more binding than
thelr oath III court. The W. L. Tele-
graph CO. didn't take any quarterly divi-
dend but Watered the stock amazinplv
....T The funeral of Henry Ward Beecher
was held and Rev. DR.. Chas II. Hall, who
preached the baccalaurea'e sermon at
Chapel Hill last June, ofliciated. Years
ago, DR.. Hall and Mr.. Beecher agreed that
the longest survivor should conduct the
funeral of the other
Friday, March IIth.
EX-secretary Manning will take a health
trip to Europe. The President has an
pointed Charlton II. Way, of Georgia.
Consul General at ST. Petersburg. Sen,
ator Sherman, at Jacksonville, Fla. saws
he is delighted with his trip: he denies
that 1t has political Object. Christine
Nelson has married Count Miranda. it is
reporie ed she will retire from The stage.
- Rev. Dr.. Henry E. Shepherd deliver
ed a lecture in Charleston, :. c., before
the Minister'S Union upon The Inter
Biblical Period. The people of Tennes-
see are to have an opportunity of voting
upon prohibition. 4 bill to that effect has
passed the Legislature
Saturday, March 18th.
The Woman Suffrage bill at Albany has
met with the same fate that it encounter
cd last year After passing the Senate it
was voted down iu the Assembly. There
were 230 business failures in the United
states last week, against 229 the week
before The passenger agents of The
South met IN Washington City and fixed
the rate 1T three quafers Of cent mile
for parties of not less than - in one party
for short line distance travelled from all
points to Washington and return. Can't.
Eads, the eminent engineer was stricken
with pneumonia at Nassau and shortly
after died. He was constructor of the
Mississippi jetties, the st. Louis bridge,
and protector Of he ship railway Of Tehu-
antepee. lie was n self-maU @ man and
great man. ...Rey. W. I. ilowand and
wife, returned Missionaries from India,
We're poisoned in Auburnd;.e, Mass, by
eating candy. 1t brought on blood poi
soning.
Sunday, March I th.
All the mills of the Bro, .s Iron Co.
Birdsboro, Pa, stopped VI * because Of
a misunderstanding of one man with the
firm; the men lost So, 600 in wages.
Frank NJ. Scott, cashier of a publishing
house in New York, has be arrested for
embezzling $40. 939. - Authorities in
Chicago will not permit Nec5e, one of the
condemned Anarchists, to al end his wife's
funeral; fearing an outbrea} The cot
ton crop in sight is ), 991, ,253 Jales The
President shortened the SCI ence and re-
mitted the fine of Lafayette Hopkins, con-
ylcted Of courterfeiting in y nth Carolina.
Monday, liarch ith.
A fleet Of seven steamers arrived at
New York Thursday, bringing between
1000 and $500 steerage passengers.
Mrs Mary B. Pelton, one of the sisters
of the late Ex-Governor Samuel J. Til
den, died Saturday morning last "A
blacksmith at Verona, Pa, claims to
have discovered how to weld copper.
49,. The Duchess Of Richmond is dead
-. Leprosy is said to be prevailing to
limited extent in New Orleans. 49,.
Paul Henry Corentin Feyat, the French
novelist, is dead at Paris. -. The even
ing trains on the Boston and Albany
Railroad are now lighted by the in
provided with twenty-five lights, and the
cost of lighting car is placed at 81 So
for ten hours. Dr. Arlt, the distin-
guished German opthamologist, is dead.
... D. Lynch Pringle of South Carolina,
has been transferred from the position Of
consul general and secretary Of legation,
at Guatemala, to that Of consul general at
Constantinople. Newfoundland threat
ems to secede from Great Britain unless
the home government keeps its hand off
the fisheries whereby the people live.
The Real estate boom has reached Knox
vile, and excitement is at fever beat.
Tuesday, March 18th.
a horrible railroad accident occurred
near Boston, Mass, yesterday morning,
by the passenger train falling through a
bridge. Thirty-throe persons were killed
and forty wounded. James Q. Boylers,
editor OF the Iron Age and Metal w orker,
has been made President Of the Board of
Health of New York City to succeed Gen.
) ater, removed. -. The London Standard
says an attempt upon the Cars life has
been made and failed. 49,. n poor little
Philadelphia lad, aged -, named George
Simon, tired of life while yet 50 young,
took his own life in despair His mother
says it all came from reading the papers
filled with crime
Wednesday, March 10th.
l. Ii. Vincent, who as State Treasurer.
stole $500 coo from the State Of Alabama,
has been caught at FL Pa5O, Texas, and
j liled at Montgomery, Ala Remark
able darkness enyeloped the city of Lon
don at noon. Snow was falling heavily at
the time .. The control Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad has passed to the syn
dicate. Sully is now r. Il. King. Ii is
talked in New York that Jay Gould has
acquired a quarter interest in the syndi-
cate and has paid 81 400, 900 in cash on
the agreement. Russell Sage is also
named as member of the syndicate
An attempt was made to assassinate the
Gar but it failed . . The trustees of
Plymouth church decided to wait several
weeks before electing a successor to the
late Mr.. Beecher . Smith q Bro, large
New York leather dealers, have failed for
1915, 600. The Treasury department is
informed that many Of the trade dollars
presented for redemption at New York
have been split and filled 50 skillfully rs
to almost defy detection. The President
has appointed G. II. Taylor, of Kansas
City, Mo-, to be Minister to Liberia, vice
Moses A. Hopkins, of n. c., deceased. :.
The Woman, Suffrage committee has no.
tilted Gov. .iill, of New York, that unless
they are allowed to vote taey will demand
that he call out the militia to prevent riot
and blood she'd